What can you tell me about Lafayette, Indiana? What's it like to live there? What's the local culture like?

Answer 1

As a resident, I suppose that I can speak to this. Lafayette and its sister city across the Wabash River, West Lafayette, is an interesting pairing of cities.

Lafayette is more or less a standard industrial town, with Wabash National (truck bed manufacturers) and Suburu being the top employers. A growing commercial area exists on the east side of town. The downtown area isn't overly robust, but it's not bad for a city of its size.

West Lafayette is pretty much the typical university town with Purdue University being the top employer. A lot of ethnic restaurants have popped up lately, and bicycle paths have been put in all over. The north end has its commercial zone, and there is also the Purdue Research Park, with a lot of start-up businesses.

The two cities don't have everything, but for its size it's fairly cosmopolitan. If that isn't enough, Indianapolis is about an hour away along I-65, and Chicago is a little over two hours away by interstates as well.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Like living anywhere else, really. Like living in a small city. Nice. Not a big city, not a small town. Everything's close (stores and whatnot). Local culture as far as I saw was mostly working class, though as with anywhere, there has to be the wealthy there somewhere I suppose. It seems to me to have been a city built around a University and it looks like it too. Lots of stores and bars and places to shop. IOW, lots to do.

Answer 3

Start by directing your question to the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce.

Answer 4

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